When I was small, one of my favourite dishes (other than spinach – thanks to Popeye) is what we commonly called ‘steak’ but it is not even remotely like steak and it is not made of beef!
It is actually pork meatball cooked with potatoes, onions and frozen mixed vegetables (cubed carrots, corn and peas), sort of like a stew. What’s great about this dish is that the gravy is exceptionally tasty and it can be eaten as a main dish too!
So, here’s my recipe for this dish using chicken instead of pork.
I remember when I was pregnant with my son years ago, I used to have this craving for really tasty porridge and this place became one of our favourite haunts for some clear soup dishes and seafood porridge.
We found the Sungai Tiram Joo Leong Seafood Porridge by accident because we become quite curious by the crowds there each time we pass that way. Even though we have heard about the famous ‘bihun soup’ place in Bayan Lepas, we never did link it to this wooden coffee shop along the main road of Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah. That . . . → Read More: Famous seafood shop near the airport
It is not easy to find the Malay-style pohpiah that is delicious. As far as I know there are only two good Malay pohpiah stalls, one in Swatow Lane (who has moved into New World Park but after that has moved again but I do not know where) and the second one is the sole halal store at the roadside hawker centre along Jalan Johor, right next to the Yong Tau Hoo stall.
It is quite different from the Chinese pohpiah and it has taugeh (beansprouts) with a different type of sauce. Taste is the sweetness of the . . . → Read More: Halal Pohpiah
After the travesty of going to the old shoplot in Nibong Tebal where now there is another restaurant by the name of Law Chang Kee Restaurant, we made a point to pay the real NT Cheang Kee Restaurant a visit the next time we passes by.
The restaurant, famous for its crab porridge and Teochew style dishes, is now occupying a corner lot with plenty of places for huge crowds. Since we were in a rush, we did not dine in and only tar pau (packed back) their crab porridge.
I love eating Lok Lok (food – raw and half cooked- on sticks which you cook yourself by dipping it in hot boiling water) and used to go to the stall by the roadside opposite New Lane for my regular Lok Lok binging but I think the roadside stall have since moved away and I don’t know where. Anyway, after that I have started going to the Pulau Tikus market hawker centre for their Lok Lok. It is much easier anyway, with tables and chairs and proper plates and the boiling pot is in the table.
So, in accordance with our gradual lifestyle changes to go for more ‘cheng’ (clear) and healthy foods – in other words soups and non-deep fried and non-curry and not-too-rich foods – we went to one of our favourite haunts for lunch recently.
It is none other than the famous Sin Hoe Peng coffee shop’s Ah Sai Pork porridge, beehoon, koay teow, mee suah, bee tai bak and maggi mee, all in clear soup or now, the new dish of ‘kon loh’ or ‘dry’ maggi mee as in without soup but with sauces.
There is this very famous freshwater prawns restaurant in Sungai Acheh, Nibong Tebal that we occasionally go to. It is about 40 minutes’ drive from the island and if you are staying on the mainland, it is only 30 minutes’ drive.
I never did find out the name of the place and it is like a regular old fashioned coffee shop than a restaurant. It is situated right next to the river and a bridge.
Here is a map to the place. From the toll plaza, go straight and then turn left at the traffic lights. . . . → Read More: Prawn curry next to the bridge
